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ArticleAdvances in neurobiology2022

The Cellular Basis for the Generation of Firing Patterns in Human Motor Units.

Obaid U Khurram, Gregory E P Pearcey, Matthieu K Chardon, Edward H Kim, Marta García, C J Heckman

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Article in Advances in neurobiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Obaid U KhurramDepartments of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Gregory E P PearceyDepartments of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Matthieu K ChardonDepartments of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Edward H KimDepartments of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Marta GarcíaNorthwestern-Argonne Institute of Science and Engineering, Evanston, IL, USA.
C J HeckmanDepartments of Physiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. c-heckman@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · USArgonne National Laboratory · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Motor units, which comprise a motoneuron and the set of muscle fibers it innervates, are the fundamental neuromuscular transducers for all motor commands. The one to one relationship between a motoneuron and its innervated muscle fibers allow motoneuron firing patterns to be readily measured in humans. In this chapter, we summarize the current understanding of the cellular basis for the generation of firing patterns in human motor units. We provide a brief review of landmark insights from classic studies and then proceed to consider the features of motor unit firing patterns that are most likely to be sensitive estimators of motoneuron inputs and properties. In addition, we discuss recent advances in technology for recording human motor unit firing patterns and highly realistic computer simulations of motoneurons. The final section presents our recent efforts to use the power of supercomputers for implementation of the motoneuron models, with a goal of achieving a true "reverse engineering" approach that maximizes the insights from motor unit firing patterns into the synaptic structure of motor commands.

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Motor NeuronsMuscle, SkeletalHumansMotoneuronMotor controlMotor unitNeuromodulationPersistent inward currents

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